TRANSACTIONS OP SECTION F. 



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Chemicals. 



The following figures show the increase or decrease of employment in the 

 trade from the outbreak of war to the middle of February : 



There has been a steady increaRe in employment in the Chemical trade from 

 the outbreak of war. The number of women in explosives which in July 1914 

 was about 8,000 has considerably increased, being drawn from other branches 

 of the trade such as photographic workers and manufacturing chemists where 

 work was comparatively slack largely owing to lack of materials, and from 

 depressed trades such as printing, furniture, and cycle and hardware. The 

 division of male and female labour in the trade seems clearly defined, and there 

 is practically no question of women working on processes previously done by 

 men. In some cases women are being employed in the making of photographic 

 plates. 



CoiTON. 



The following table shows the relative numbers of men and women employed 

 in different processes in the cotton industry : 



